21 Ways to Make Simple New Years Resolutions

Life coach Janice Taylor shares tips for how to start fresh, set goals, and achieve your dreams with simple New Year's resolutions.

Simple, Meaningful New Year's Resolutions

The New Year is upon us, and I am thrilled. We now have an opportunity to look back on 2010 with lovingkindness, decide what we'd like to change and what goals we'd like to set, and move forward into a new year!

At the same time, I recognize that the statistics for people actually reaching their New Year's goals aren't very encouraging. Research shows that more than half of those who set goals fall off the resolution bandwagon by mid-February.

What's up with that? Why do we abandon our goals? It's because we take on too much, and we make it all so complicated! We are overwhelmed and under-motivated.